Congo Bill (serial) explained

Congo Bill
Director:	Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr
Starring:	Don McGuire Cleo Moore Jack Ingram I. Stanford Jolley Leonard Penn Nelson Leigh
Distributor:	Columbia Pictures
Runtime:	15 chapters
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Congo Bill (1948) is a Columbia movie serial based on the DC Comics character Congo Bill, later named Congorilla.

Plot

A girl is about to inherit a fortune, but she is missing in Africa. Her family engages Congo Bill, an adventurer, to find her, and bring her back to civilization. He follows a legend about a mysterious White Queen, but his path is full of difficulties, by an inhospitable jungle, and the man who will lose the fortune if the girl is found alive...

Cast

• Don McGuire as Congo Bill, famed hunter and animal trainer
• Cleo Moore as Queen Lureen / Ruth Culver, white ruler of a forbidden valley in Africa and the missing heiress to the Culver fortune
• Jack Ingram as Cameron, mysterious trader
• I. Stanford Jolley as Bernie McGraw, villainous trustee of the Culver fortune
• Leonard Penn as Andre Bocar, owner of the seedy African bar The Green Parrot Inn, in Bernie McGraw's pay and working for his own ends
• Nelson Leigh as Dr Greenway
• Charles King as Kleeg, employee of Andre Bocar in The Green Parrot Inn
• Armida Vendrell as Zalea
• Hugh Prosser as Morelli
• Neyle Morrow as Kahla
• Fred Graham as Villabo
• Rusty Wescoatt as Ivan
• Anthony Warde as Rogan
• Stephen Carr as Tom McGraw, murdered brother of Bernie McGraw and trustee of the Culver fortune
• William Fawcett as Blinky
• Knox Manning as Narrator
• Frank O'Connor as Frank, cafe clerk
• Eddie Parker as torturer
• Stanley Price as Nagu's friend

Crew

• Directors: Thomas Carr, Spencer Gordon Bennet
• Producer: Sam Katzman
• Cinematographer: Ira Morgan
• Art Director: Paul Palmentola
• Editors: Earl Turner, Dwight Caldwell
• Sound mixer: Josh Westmoreland

Chapter titles

1. The Untamed Beast
2. Jungle Gold
3. A Hot Reception
4. Congo Bill Springs a Trap
5. White Shadows in the Jungle
6. The White Queen
7. Black Panther
8. Sinister Schemes
9. The Witch Doctor Strikes
10. Trail of Treachery
11. A Desperate Chance
12. The Lair of the Beast
13. Menace of the Jungle
14. Treasure Trap
15. The Missing Letter

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See also

• List of film serials by year
• List of film serials by studio

Notes and References

1. Book: Cline , William C. . In the Nick of Time . registration . 1984 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 0-7864-0471-X . 248 . Filmography.